10 hurt in shootings across Chicago

Two teens were shot as they sat on a porch in the 2900 block of North Wisner Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood, police said.

Two teens were shot as they sat on a porch in the 2900 block of North Wisner Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood, police said. (WGN-TV)

William LeeTribune reporter

At least 10 people were wounded in seven shootings across Chicago overnight, police said.

A 23-year-old woman was wounded in the left thigh as she stood with others on a sidewalk at about 1:30 a.m. in the 1700 block of West Juneway Terrace in the Rogers Park neighborhood, police said.

The woman was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, where her condition was stabilized, police said.

Most of the night's shootings occurred roughly between 8:45 p.m. and 10 p.m. Monday, according to preliminary police reports.

In one incident, two boys, ages 16 and 17, were standing on the sidewalk in the 3700 block of West 16th Street when they were hit by gunfire just after 10 p.m., police said.

The 17-year-old suffered a minor wound to the left thigh, while a 16-year-old suffered a graze wound to his left thigh, police said. Police said the shooting appeared gang-related.

Around 8:45 p.m. in the 2900 block of North Wisner Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood, two men, both 19, were sitting on the front porch of a home when a gunman walked up and opened fire, police said.

One of the men suffered multiple gunshot wounds, while the second man was struck in the abdomen, police said. Both were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in critical condition.

In other shootings:

• A 25-year-old man was driving in the 8600 block of South Wood Street when a gunman opened fire on the street, hitting the motorist in the chest and left arm at about 10 p.m., police said. The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in serious condition, police said.

• Two men were sitting in a Toyota Camry parked in the 5400 block of South Loomis Boulevard just before 10 p.m. when two gunmen approached and fired shots into the car, police said. Both men, ages 34 and 27, suffered minor gunshot wounds and were hospitalized in good condition, police said.

• A man, 21, suffered a graze gunshot wound to the right thigh in the 5600 block of South Martin Luther King Drive at about 9:40 p.m. The man refused medical attention at the scene.

• A 20-year-old man was wounded in a shooting in the 2500 block of West 63rd Street in the Marquette Park neighborhood at 9:30 p.m., police said. The man's wounds weren't life threatening.

No arrests have been made in any of the shootings.

Through Monday, the city reported 1,648 shootings, 152 more than the same time last year, according to preliminary police statistics. The city has seen 52 homicides for August, 17 more than all of August 2011.